Audiobook Dictation: “In the short time that passed…”

In the short time that passed before the day of the dinner, distressing circumstances strengthened his resolution.

在宴会日到来前的短短时间里，一些令人痛心的情形更坚定了他的决心。

After months of separation, he received a visit from Herbert.

分别数月之后，赫伯特登门来看他。

Was this man--haggard, pallid, shabby, looking at him piteously with bloodshot eyes--the handsome, pleasant, prosperous brother whom he remembered?

眼前这个人——憔悴、苍白、衣衫寒酸，用布满血丝的眼睛可怜巴巴地望着他——难道就是他记忆中那个英俊、和气、发达的弟弟吗？

He could only point to a seat.

他只能指了指一把椅子。

And yet he spoke roughly; he looked like an angry man brought to bay.

可他说话却很冲；看上去像个被逼到绝境的愤怒之人。

"I seem to frighten you," he said.

“我好像吓着你了。”他说。

"You distress me, Herbert, more than words can say."

“你让我难过得无法言表，赫伯特。”

"Give me a glass of wine.

“给我一杯酒。

I've been walking--I don't know where.

我一直在走——也不知道走到了哪儿。

A long distance; I'm dead beat."

走了好远；我累得要死。”